Seoul’s Unusual Announcement of Missile Launches

5/20/2013 7:01AM

North Korea fired the fifth short-range missile in a span of three days into the waters off its east coast. The WSJ’s Alastair Gale tells Deborah Kan how South Korea is using the North’s missile firings to garner support at home.

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